The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court delivered an important decision today, ruling that a trial court can order a criminal defendant to provide the password to his phone that has been seized by the police and contains incriminating information about him.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Jones. (more…)

In a decision delivered today, the Massachusetts Appeals Court concluded a police officer's incomplete recitation of Miranda warnings to a suspected sex offender was good enough to allow the defendant's statement to be admitted to the jury.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Lajoie.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today affirmed a second-degree murder conviction against a defendant who participated in the fatal shooting of a man who was boarding a bus in Roxbury in 2013.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Bannister. (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court yesterday agreed with a Boston Municipal Court judge that there was no probable cause to arrest a man sitting in the passenger seat of a stolen car, and therefore his subsequent statements to the police must be suppressed.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Pridgett.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court yesterday affirmed a man's conviction for shooting to death a Springfield drug dealer in March of 2010.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Moore.  (more…)